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Nobel-worthy gravitational waves; Supreme Court legalities for climate change, abortion
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A first retraction for Einstein (no, not that one)
In 1932, Einstein famously retracted his “cosmological constant.” Now, more than 80 years later, a Brazilian healthcare journal bearing his name has retracted its first paper. The authors of the review, about the effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation in hospitalized patients on ventilators, appear to made the genius move of trying to publish their paper […]
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A century of Einstein’s general #relativity, life on a Saturn moon, sugar industry influences dental research
Everything’s relative Einstein’s paper on general relativity was published in 1915. The paper didn’t appear until December of that year, but there’s already been some celebratory centennial doings. Science published a special issue last week, and it looks as if … Continue reading
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